abdabs

anxiety or nervous tension, nervousness

Doing Projects like that gives me the abdabs.

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abdabs

Noun. Terror, the frights, nerves. Often heard as the screaming abdabs. 1940s

"My husband, he let loose the screaming abdabs when he saw that scorpion I tell you. Good thing it was actually our son's pet turtle!"

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abdab

pejorative term used to describe the north african criminal class of knife wielding pick-pockets and smack dealers inhabiting european cities. Rhyming combination of arab and dabbler.

I saw him lift my friend's phone from the pocket of his jacket and when I said something the Abdab pulled a knife on us and then ran out of the pub.

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screaming abdabs

1. extreme anxiety or nervousness
2. one of the early names used by the band that would become Pink Floyd

I'm sure Syd had a case of the screaming abdabs when he found out he was being kicked out of the band.

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screaming abdabs

Having the shits, usually caused by excessive cider drinking and/or eating a fucking hot curry

Think I drank too much Westons last night as this morning I had the screaming abdabs

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give one the abdabs

Make one irritable or annoyed.

Give one the abdabs:
He kept giving me the abdabs so I slapped him.